Appeal No. 2003-1653
Application No. 09/828,102
into coupling engagement with a receiver hitch of a towing
vehicle” (specification, page 1). Representative claim 19 reads
as follows:
19. A trailer hitch guide assembly for aligning and
coupling a vehicle hitch to a trailer hitch, comprising:
(a) a ramp;
(b) a support arm; and
(c) a frame;
wherein, (1) said ramp and said support arm are
independently pivotable between a support position in which said
ramp and said support arm supportably engage each other and a
rest position in which said ramp and said support arm are
disengaged, and (2) said ramp, said support arm, and said frame
are configured and arranged, when said ramp and said support arm
are attached to the vehicle hitch and said frame is attached to
the trailer hitch, such that said frame and trailer hitch lose
contact with said ramp prior to pivoting of said ramp and said
support arm from said support position to said rest position.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Allard 2,791,443 May 7, 1957
Schrum, III (Schrum) 4,903,978 Feb. 27, 1990
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 19 through 34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as being based on a specification that fails to
comply with the written description requirement.
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